This study examines obesity-related behaviors within adolescent friendship networks, because adolescent peers have been identified as being important determinants of many health behaviors. We applied ERGM selection models for single network observations to determine if close adolescent friends engag
Dynamics of adolescent friendship networks and smoking behavior
β Scribed by L. Mercken; T.A.B. Snijders; C. Steglich; E. Vartiainen; H. de Vries
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 484 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-8733
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